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One thing about the Remarkable is that it, like many other eink tablets uses a Wacom EMR layer so almost any third party Wacom pen should work ($25-50). The Lam
by lhl 4y ago
One thing about the Remarkable is that it, like many other eink tablets uses a Wacom EMR layer so almost any third party Wacom pen should work ($25-50). The Lamy Al-star is pretty good and available worldwide. I like the Staedtler Noris jumbo pen as well (although the nib is significantly softer/rubberier so it might not appeal to everyone). My favorite pen atm, which might not be available globally, is the Wacom CP20206BZ - it's a stylus embedded in a wooden Mitsubishi Hi-Uni shell, and it feels awesome in the hand.
I was a Remarkable 1 early adopter and am grandfathered in on their cloud plan but I actually ended up not using it so much (their software sucked for most of the device lifetime). A couple years ago I ended up switching to a Boox Note 3 instead of a RM2 and it's responsive enough for me (the competition mostly caught up on latency) and as a full Android system, it's much more functional for me. It's been easier for me to keep my PDFs/papers in sync, I can read all my Kobo and Kindle books, and it's fine for notetaking. There's a small niche of YouTubers that do in depth reviews of various eink tablets (My Deep Guide is probably the most in depth) which I'd recommend for anyone in the market.
- afandian 4y agoI think I saw that the pens aren't compatible between reMarkable version 1 and 2. EDIT not incompatible: https://support.remarkable.com/s/article/Markers-and-Marker-tips-for-reMarkable-2 https://support.remarkable.com/s/article/Markers-and-Marker-...
- lhl 4y agoI don't have an RM2 so I can't say for sure, there might be some differences w/ button compatibility or calibration, but from what I've seen online and w/ various reviews, most of the different pens should all be interchangeable if they are using Wacom EMR. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgj5Y7NHY74 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgj5Y7NHY74 https://www.joshualowcock.com/guide/remarkable-2-compatible-pens-remarkable-marker-alternatives/ https://www.joshualowcock.com/guide/remarkable-2-compatible-...
- afandian 4y agoAh, I'd misremembered. > The new Marker and Marker Plus have been designed specifically to work in conjunction with reMarkable 2’s second-generation CANVAS display. We can therefore not guarantee an optimal experience if used with the reMarkable 1. https://support.remarkable.com/s/article/Markers-and-Marker-tips-for-reMarkable-2 https://support.remarkable.com/s/article/Markers-and-Marker-...